The more we learn, the smaller we are

Anyone who tries to tell you that "no scientists are Christians" is a misinformed person at best, and at worst - delusional. On the contrary, a large percentage of scientists are not only Christian, but believe their work REINFORCES their faith. This journey has been true in my own life, through my study of human physiology and anatomy (as well as other sciences), I've learned an even deeper appreciation for the Creator. My college training is in Biomedical Engineering, which involves the application of engineering principles to the human body-machine. What I've learned and can prove through analysis is that the human body is designed. I cannot fill enough virtual space writing about the well-known complexity of the human body, and many others have already covered the topic sufficiently (just do a simple search). What amazes me most though, is the beauty of the creation, the way our bodies work in harmony within and also with the world around us.

This is an article by Dr. Francis Collins, director of the human genome project, and a Christian.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/collins.commentary/index.html

The majority of his statements are very revealing and encouragingly accurate.

I had always assumed that faith was based on purely emotional and irrational arguments, and was astounded to discover, initially in the writings of the Oxford scholar C.S. Lewis and subsequently from many other sources, that one could build a very strong case for the plausibility of the existence of God on purely rational grounds. My earlier atheist's assertion that "I know there is no God" emerged as the least defensible.

After resisting for nearly two years, I found it impossible to go on living in such a state of uncertainty, and I became a follower of Jesus.

Just a little umbrage with a few:

But reason alone cannot prove the existence of God. Faith is reason plus revelation, and the revelation part requires one to think with the spirit as well as with the mind. You have to hear the music, not just read the notes on the page. Ultimately, a leap of faith is required.

I'm always leery of this phrase "leap of faith" because it is so often associated with leaping AWAY FROM reason. So I just don't use it. It's very misleading. Faith in God is just faith. The leap is taken when we REJECT faith! It is but a small step to accept the truth of Christ. We are given abundant reams and mountains of tangible evidence for God's existence, power and majesty. We need only to allow ourselves to see the reality around us for what it is, rather than let our rebellious nature try to ignore the truth we are confronted with daily. Faith is only as significant and what you are placing your faith IN. Misplaced faith is meaningless, therefore I rely on the evidence of scripture and all the evidence science provides to testify to the truth of my faith.

Actually, I find no conflict here, and neither apparently do the 40 percent of working scientists who claim to be believers. Yes, evolution by descent from a common ancestor is clearly true. If there was any lingering doubt about the evidence from the fossil record, the study of DNA provides the strongest possible proof of our relatedness to all other living things.

First of all, there is NO - yes NO - proof that the common ancestor theory of evolution is based in any kind of reality. There are simply no fossil records to suggest, much less prove, that species evolve on a macroscopic scale (from one species to another). There are no transitional forms found in any archaeological archives that support this absurd theory, what's more you don't see any transitional creatures walking around TODAY. Is your neighbor a transitional species (well depends I suppose on if you live in California!)? However weird some people are, we're all human. Where is all the evolution today? Has it stopped, and when did it stop? The only basis for evolution in objective science is found in micro-evolution, which involves the adaptation of singular species within new environments. To put it simply, we adapt, we do not and will not become something brand new.

Just observing the world around me through the clean lenses of truth....